Improvement in billiard-cue clamps



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Billiard-Cue Clamps.

No. 144,824. Patented Nov.25,1873.

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OLIVER D. BENJAMIN, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BlLLlARD-CUE CLAMPS.

Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 144,824, dated November25,1873; application filed October 29, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER D. BENJAMIN, of Toledo, county of Lucas andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClamps for Leathering Billiard-Gues, of which the following is aspecification:

My invention relates to certain improvements in devices for retaining inplace until dry the leather tips which are glued or cemented to the endsof billiard-cues; and it consists in a series of rods provided withsprings at their upper ends, and working vertically in a bracket, whichis adapted to be screwed or otherwise secured to the wall, so that thecues may be placed with their buttends resting upon the floor and theirtips under the lower ends of the rods.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a front view of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a bottom view.

A represents a bar, having its ends beveled oh, and provided withscrew-holes a a, by which it may be fastened to the wall. B is anotherbar, similar to the bar A in form and dimensions, and attached theretoby means of braces b. The bars A and B have holes formed in them for thereception of rods or cue-clamps G, which fit loosely therein, so as towork easily in-a vertical position. Each rod O has a knob formed on itsupper end, to which is attached one end of a spiral spring, d, the otherend of which is secured to the upper side of the bar A. The lower endsof the rods are made slightly concave to receive the tips of the cues.The bracket thus formed of the bars A and B may be of any desiredlength, and provided with any suitable number of rods. It is screwed, orotherwise secured, to the wall at such a height that when the cues areplaced with their butt-ends resting upon the floor, and their tips underthe concave lower ends of the rods 0, the springs d will press the rodsO firmly down upon the leather tips glued or cemented to the upper endsof the cues, and retain them in place until the glue or cement becomesdry and set, By having the bracket made of straight bars it may be ofany desired length without the inconvenience which would result from abracket made in the form of a stand with a base or platform attached;and, by having the rods 0 pass through both the bars A and B, they havea firm and solid bearing, and lateral displacement is prevented.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The bracket,formed of the bars A and B,

OLIVER D. BENJAMIN.

Witnesses .E. P. CLARKE, M. BENJAMIN.

